[ She laughs quietly because while he has already told her why it is that he and others admire her so much, it always briefly surprises her to hear such admiration so plainly stated. Truthfully, she considers herself no hero, only someone who does what must be done, because she cannot, in any circumstance, turn a blind eye when someone needs help. ]

I see. [ She listens to him explain what it is that is happening to him and why that is, and while she understands, she cannot keep a frown from forming. ] You are not the first that I have met who has spoken this way. [ Except she has yet to see anyone experiencing such a strange and somewhat disturbing phenomenon. Until now, that is. ]

Is that not the way the world works? There are always exchanges to be made, and some would say sacrifices.

[ Which, from her limited understanding of what is happening to him, this whole affair seems to be a fairly significant sacrifice on his part. ]

Are you not worried about how this all might end? [ Because if his entire hand is crystallized, what else might gradually become so? ]